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Nominations to the Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group on Digital Sequence Information on Genetic Resources and Reminder Regarding the Submission of Views and Information

Reference: SCBD//SPS/DC/VN/KG/jh/86630 (2017-049)
To: CBD National Focal Points and ABS National Focal Points, Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities, International Organizations and relevant stakeholders

Nominations to the Informal Advisory Committee on Capacity-building for the Implementation of the Nagoya Protocol

Reference: SCBD/NPU/DC/VN/KT/RKi/87802 (2019-039)
To: ABS National Focal Points (or CBD National Focal Points where ABS Focal Points have not yet been designated), indigenous peoples and local communities

Opening Ceremony of the UN Biodiversity Conference

Reference: SCBD/OES/EM/DC/90697 (2022-076)
To: CBD Focal Points, ABS National Focal Points, CPB Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points, international organizations, indigenous peoples and local communities and relevant organizations

Opening for Signature of the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization to the Convention on Biological Diversity

Reference: SCBD/SEL/LG/SG/74565 (2010-221)
To: CBD Focal Points and ABS Focal Points

Reference is made to the attached copies of a notification dated 14 December 2010 from the Secretary-General of the United Nations, acting in his capacity as depositary to the Convention on Biological Diversity, regarding the opening for signature of the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Reso ...

Opening for Signature of the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization to the Convention on Biological Diversity

Reference: SCBD/SEL/LG/SG/74616 (2010-228)
To: CBD National Focal Points and ABS Focal Points

The Secretary-General of the United Nations, acting in his capacity as depositary to the Convention on Biological Diversity, has advised that certified true copies of the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization ...

Outcomes of the 58th meeting of the GEF Council of relevance to the Convention and its Protocols

Reference: SCBD/ITS/YX/NP/88994 (2020-052)
To: CBD National Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol Focal Points, ABS Focal Points, UN Organizations and Specialized Agencies, IGOs, NGOs, and indigenous people and local communities, and other stakeholders

Outcomes of the Sixth Session of the Governing Body of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture relevant to the Convention on Biological Diversity and the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing

Reference: SCBD/NP/VN/KG/jh/85234 (2016-014)
To: ABS National Focal Points (CBD National Focal Points where ABS National Focal Points have not yet been designated)

Parallel events on Access and Benefit-Sharing during the 2018 United Nations Biodiversity Conference, 17 -29 November 2018 – Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt

Reference: SCBD/OES/DC/VN/MD/RKi/AC/87682 (2018-089)
To: ABS National Focal Points (CBD National Focal Points where ABS National Focal Points have not yet been designated)

Participation in the pilot phase of the Access and Benefit-sharing Clearing-House and submission of views

Reference: SCBD/ABS/BG/aba/83333 (2014-046)
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Participation in the pilot phase of the Access and Benefit-sharing Clearing-House and submission of views

Reference: SCBD/ABS/BG/aba/83333 (2014-045)
To: CBD and ICNP Focal Points

Participation of developing country Parties and Parties with economies in transition in the Fifth meeting of the Ad hoc Open-ended Working Group on Access and Benefit Sharing and the fifth meeting of the Ad hoc Open-ended Working Group on Article 8(j) and Related Provisions

Reference: SCBD/RMCS/MR-H/59875 (2007-111)
To: CBD National Focal Points

Pursuant to Decision VIII/31 paragraph 22 of the eighth meeting of the Conference of the Parties, I have the honour to inform you that the Secretariat has received, to date, a total of US$402,843 from donors in support of the participation of developing country Parties and Parties with economies ...

Peer Review of Fact-finding and Scoping Study on Digital Sequence Information on Genetic Resources

Reference: SCBD/SPS/DC/VN/KG/NH/86967 (2017-115)
To: CBD National Focal Points, ABS National Focal Points, indigenous peoples and local communities, international organizations, relevant stakeholders

Peer Review of Studies on Digital Sequence Information on Genetic Resources

Reference: SCBD/NPU/DC/WY/RKi/88442 (2019-094)
To: CBD National Focal Points, ABS National Focal Points, indigenous peoples and local communities, international organizations, relevant stakeholders

Peer Review of draft documents for the fifth meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Access and Benefit-sharing (WGABS-5), Montreal, Canada, 8-12 October 2007.

Reference: SCBD/SEL/OJ/CR/59413 (2007-097)
To: CBD National Focal Points

The above documents can be accessed on the Secretariat website at <a href='/meetings/abswg-05/review.shtml'>http://www.cbd.int/meetings/abswg-05/review.shtml</a>. Please note that the posted documents are unedited drafts for comments only, and not for citation or other use. Your comments would ...

Peer review of a study related to Article 10 of the Nagoya Protocol

Reference: SCBD/NPU/DC/WY/BG/RKi/88737 (2020-028)
To: ABS National Focal Points, CBD Focal Points, international organizations, indigenous peoples and local communities and relevant stakeholders

Peer review of draft documents for the twenty-fourth meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA 24)

Reference: SCBD/SSSF/AS/KM/89431 (2021-012)
To: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA National Focal Points, ABS Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol Focal Points, indigenous peoples and local communities and relevant organizations

Postponement of the Second meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Intergovernmental Committee for the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing (ICNP-2), New Delhi, India

Reference: SCBD/ABS/VN/SG/78881 (2012-022)
To: CBD Focal Points and ICNP Focal Points, International organizations and relevant stakeholders, and indigenous and local communities

Preparation for the formal meetings of SBSTTA 24 and SBI 3

Reference: SCBD/OES/EM/DC/89184 (2021-023)
To: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol Focal Points, ABS Focal Points, indigenous peoples and local communities and relevant organizations

Preparation of an interim budget for 2021

Reference: SCBD/OES/EM/DC/89067 (2020-077)
To: CBD National Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol Focal Points, Nagoya Protocol Focal Points

Preparation of an interim budget for 2022

Reference: SCBD/OES/EM/DC/AR/89836 (2021-062)
To: CBD National Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol Focal Points, ABS Focal Points

Preparations for the Second Meeting of the Open-ended Ad Hoc Intergovernmental Committee for the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing: Questionnaires on capacity-building and development for the implementation of the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing

Reference: SCBD/ABS/VN/SG/77814 (2011-193)
To: CBD Focal Points, ICNP Focal Points, international organizations, indigenous and local communities and relevant stakeholders

Reference is made to notification 2011-143, dated 1 August 2011, in which Parties were invited to submit, by 15 September 2011, comments on two draft questionnaires prepared by the Executive Secretary to facilitate the submission of views and information.

Preparations for the sixth meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Access and Benefit-sharing

Reference: SCBD/SEL/VN/GD/60541 (2007-152)
To: CBD National Focal Points and ABS National Focal Points, Governments, indigenous and local communities and stakeholders

As agreed by the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Access and Benefit-sharing at its fifth meeting held in Montreal, from 8 to 12 October 2007, Parties, Governments, indigenous and local communities and stakeholders are kindly invited to submit to the Secretariat, by 30 November 2007, concrete ...

Preparations for the sixth meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Access and Benefit-sharing (ABSWG-6), 21-25 January 2008, Geneva

Reference: SCBD/SEL/VN/GD/60541 (2007-132)
To: CBD National Focal Points and ABS National Focal Points, Governments, indigenous and local communities and stakeholders

As agreed by the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Access and Benefit-sharing at its fifth meeting held in Montreal, from 8 to 12 October 2007, Parties, Governments, indigenous and local communities and stakeholders are kindly invited to submit to the Secretariat, by 30 November 2007, concrete ...

Preparations to mark the 10-year anniversary of the adoption of the Nagoya Protocol

Reference: SCBD/NPU/WY/MD/88952 (2020-041)
To: ABS National Focal Points, CBD Focal Points, international organizations, indigenous peoples and local communities and relevant stakeholders

Press conferences at the margins of the Meetings of the Convention on Biological Diversity and its Protocols, 29 September-16 October 2014, Pyeongchang, Republic of Korea

Reference: SCBD/MPO/AF/NP/DA/fd/83879 (2014-109)
To: CBD, CPB and ICNP National Focal Points and relevant organizations

Press conferences at the margins of the Thirteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity and concurrent meetings of the Parties to the Cartagena and Nagoya Protocols, including the High-Level Segment, 2-17 December 2016 - Cancun, Mexico

Reference: SCBD/MCO/AF/DAIN/fd/85971 (2016-115)
To: CBD National Focal Points, relevant organizations and indigenous peoples and local communities

Press conferences at the margins of the United Nations Biodiversity Conference 2018, 17-29 November 2018 - Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt

Reference: SCBD/MCO/ML/DAIN/JH/87609 (2018-072)
To: CBD National Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol Focal Points, Nagoya Protocol Focal Points, UN Organizations and Specialized Agencies, IGOs, NGOs, and indigenous people and local communities, and other stakeholders

Progress on Implementation of the Programme of Work for Article 8(j) and related provisions: Request for contributions to the second meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Implementation of the Convention on Biological Diversity

Reference: SCBD/SPS/DC/VN/JS/VF/jh/86963 (2017-116)
To: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points, TK Focal Points, indigenous peoples and local community organizations, and other relevant organizations

Proposed new dates: Fifteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity, Tenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, Fourth meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization

Reference: SCBD/OES/EM/DC/89500 (2021-019)
To: CBD National Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol Focal Points, ABS Focal Points, indigenous peoples and local communities and relevant organizations

Proposition de corrections du texte original de la version française du Protocole de Nagoya sur l’accès aux ressources génétiques et le partage des avantages

Reference: SCBD/ABS/VN/SG/76812 (2011-211)
To: points focaux nationaux CDB et points focaux ABS des pays francophones

Il me fait plaisir de faire circuler la notification ci-jointe en date du 1 Novembre 2011 provenant du Secrétaire général des Nations Unies, agissant en sa qualité de dépositaire de la Convention sur la diversité biologique. La notification porte sur une proposition de corrections à apporter au ...

Provisional agenda for the Capacity-building Workshop on Access and Benefit-sharing, 30 June - 1 July 2012 - New Delhi, India

Reference: SCBD/ABS/VN/SG/79692 (2012-063)
To: CBD Focal Points, ICNP Focal Points and indigenous and local community organizations, copy to: Mr. Shakeel Bhatti, Secretary of the ITPGRFA

Provisional annotated agenda for the Capacity-building Workshop on Access and Benefit-sharing, 30 June – 1 July 2012 – New Delhi, India

Reference: SCBD/SEL/ABS/VN/Sg/79913 (2012-074)
To: CBD Focal Points, ICNP Focal Points and indigenous and local community organizations, copy to: Mr. Shakeel Bhatti, Secretary of the ITPGRFA

REMINDER NOTIFICATION: Credentials for the Seventh meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (COP-MOP 7), 29 September-3 October 2014; Twelfth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP 12), 6-17 October 2014; and First meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-Sharing (COP-MOP 1), 13-17 October 2014 – Pyeongchang, Republic of Korea

Reference: SCBD/OES/BD/WDY/moc/83791 (2014-100)
To: CBD, CPB and ICNP Focal Points

REMINDER NOTIFICATION: DEADLINE 1 NOVEMBER 2017: Submission of the Interim National Report on the Implementation of the Nagoya Protocol

Reference: SCBD/SPS/DC/VN/KG/jh/86322 (2017-102)
To: ABS National Focal Points and CBD National Focal Points (where ABS focal points have not yet been designated)

REMINDER NOTIFICATION: Participation in the pilot phase of the Access and Benefit-sharing Clearing-House and submission of views

Reference: SCBD/ABS/BG/aba/83333 (2014-077)
To: CBD National Focal Points, ICNP National Focal Points

REMINDER NOTIFICATION: Participation in the pilot phase of the Access and Benefit-sharing Clearing-House and submission of views

Reference: SCBD/ABS/BG/aba/83333 (2014-078)
To: Indigenous and local community organizations, international organizations and relevant stakeholders

REMINDER NOTIFICATION: Submission of the Interim National Report on the Implementation of the Nagoya Protocol

Reference: SCBD/SPS/DC/VN/KG/jh/86322 (2017-119)
To: ABS National Focal Points and CBD National Focal Points (where ABS focal points have not yet been designated)

REMINDER: Call for nominations for the Informal Advisory Committee to the pilot phase of the Access and Benefit-sharing Clearing-House

Reference: SCBD/ABS/SBG/jh/81738 (2013-044)
To: CBD National Focal Points and ICNP National Focal Points

REMINDER: DEADLINE 15 MARCH 2011 - Submission of information and views in accordance with Decision X/1 on Access and Benefit-sharing

Reference: SCBD/ABS/VN/SG/74553 (2011-040)
To: CBD National Focal Points, ABS National Focal Points and ICNP National Focal Points

The purpose of this notification is to invite Parties to submit views and other information in preparation for the first meeting of the Intergovernmental Committee to be held from 6 to 10 June 2011 and with a view to support the implementation of the Protocol in accordance with decision X/1 of t ...

REMINDER: DEADLINE 15 MARCH 2011 - Submission of information and views in accordance with decision X/1 on Access and Benefit-sharing

Reference: SCBD/ABS/VN/SG/74553 (2011-041)
To: International organizations, indigenous and local community organizations and relevant stakeholders

The purpose of this notification is to invite international organizations, indigenous and local community organizations and relevant stakeholders to submit views and other information in preparation for the first meeting of the Intergovernmental Committee to be held from 6 to 10 June 2011 and wi ...

REMINDER: DEADLINE 15 NOVEMBER 2011: Preparations for the Second Meeting of the Open-ended Ad Hoc Intergovernmental Committee for the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing: Questionnaires on capacity-building and development for the implementation of the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing

Reference: SCBD/ABS/VN/SG/77814 (2011-213)
To: CBD Focal Points, ICNP Focal Points, international organizations, indigenous and local communities and relevant stakeholders

Reference is made to notification 2011-143, dated 1 August 2011, in which Parties were invited to submit, by 15 September 2011, comments on two draft questionnaires prepared by the Executive Secretary to facilitate the submission of views and information.

REMINDER: DEADLINE 16 DECEMBER 2011, Expert Meeting on cooperative procedures and institutional mechanisms to promote compliance with the Protocol and to address cases of non-compliance 28 February to 1 March 2012 - Montreal, Canada

Reference: SCBD/ABS/SG/VN/78056 (2011-228)
To: CBD Focal Points, ICNP Focal Points, International organizations, indigenous and local community organizations and relevant stakeholders

In accordance with decision X/1, Annex II, the first meeting of the Open-ended Ad Hoc Intergovernmental Committee for the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization (Intergovernmental Committee), held in June 2011, ...

REMINDER: DEADLINE 31 MARCH 2011: Designation of a Focal Point for the Intergovernmental Committee for the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing

Reference: SCBD/ABS/VN/AS/74730 (2011-067)
To: CBD National Focal Points and ABS National Focal Points

In decision X/1, paragraph 20, the Conference of the Parties urged Parties to the Convention and other States and regional economic organizations to designate national focal points for the Intergovernmental Committee for the Nagoya Protocol (ICNP), in light of the adoption of the Nagoya Protocol ...

REMINDER: Designation of a Focal Point for the Intergovernmental Committee for the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing

Reference: SCBD/ABS/VN/SG/74730 (2011-051)
To: CBD National Focal Points and ABS National Focal Points

In decision X/1, paragraph 20, the Conference of the Parties urged Parties to the Convention and other States and regional economic organizations to designate national focal points for the Intergovernmental Committee for the Nagoya Protocol (ICNP), in light of the adoption of the Nagoya Protocol ...

REMINDER: Eighth meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Access and Benefit-sharing: Informal consultations with the Co-chairs 7-8 November 2009, Montreal, Canada

Reference: SCBD/SEL/OJ/GD/69034 (2009-148)
To: CBD National Focal Points, ABS National Focal Points, international organizations, indigenous and local community organizations and stakeholders

With reference to notification 2009-132 of 9 October 2009 on the Informal consultations conducted by the Co-chairs of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Access and Benefit-sharing, the Secretariat is pleased to attach a message from the Co-chairs together with an agenda for the open-ended in ...

REMINDER: Expert Meeting on the Modalities of Operation of the Access and Benefit-sharing Clearing-House, 11-14 April 2011, Montreal, Canada

Reference: SCBD/ABS/VN/SG/74725 (2011-033)
To: CBD Focal Points, ABS Focal Points, International organizations, indigenous and local community organizations and relevant stakeholders

Reference is made to notification (2011-009) sent on 18 January 2011, available at http://www.cbd.int/doc/notifications/2011/ntf-2011-009-abs-chm-en.pdf regarding the designation of experts for the Expert Meeting on the modalities of operation of the Access and Benefit-sharing Clearing- House to ...

REMINDER: Nominations for the Informal Advisory Committee on Capacity-building for the Implementation of the Nagoya Protocol

Reference: SCBD/ABS/VN/ET/jh/84625 (2015-062)
To: ABS National Focal Points (CBD Focal Points where ABS National Focal Points have not yet been designated), Indigenous and local communities and relevant organizations

REMINDER: Nominations to an Expert Meeting on Article 10 of the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing

Reference: SCBD/ABS/VN/KG/jh/85065 (2015-122)
To: ABS National Focal Points (CBD Focal Points where ABS National Focal Points have not yet been designated), (Indigenous and local communities and relevant organizations

REMINDER: Submission of Nominations and Credentials for the Second extraordinary meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity, First extraordinary meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, and the First extraordinary meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization, 16-19 November 2020, Montreal

Reference: SCBD/OES/EM/DC/89067 (2020-085)
To: CBD National Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol Focal Points, Nagoya Protocol Focal Points

REMINDER: Submission of information and views in preparation for the third meeting of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Nagoya Protocol

Reference: SCBD/NP/SBG/BG/jh/81188 (2013-037)
To: CBD Focal Points, ICNP Focal Points, international organizations, indigenous and local communities, and relevant stakeholders